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and mechanical problemsA Pinnacle Airlines Canadair CRJ-200 on behalf of Northwest Airlines, flight 9E-2919/NW-2919 from Detroit,MI to Huntsville,AL (USA) with 36 passengers and 3 crew, was enroute at FL320 about one hour into the flight, when the airplane hit severe turbulence and subsequently experienced some unspecified mechanical problems. The crew declared emergency and diverted to Memphis,TN, where the airplane landed safely about 50 minutes after the turbulence encounter. No injuries were reported.
from: Aviation Herald
http://www.avherald.com/h?article=41b05a4e&opt=4096Click on the link below and you can see the cell the plane ran through to cause this:
http://flightaware.com/live/flight_track_bigmap.rvt?ident=FLG2919-1244638261-55571-0;airports=KDTW+KMEM;key=82bc91bbf751e0d8759be4dcd4dd70ea38f67d09;keytime=1244743649;height=340;width=400;departuretime=1244729460;arrivaltime=1244736566Incident occurred about 1 hour into flight.
The log states it was at about 37.01, -86.62
or +37° 0' 36.00", -86° 37' 12.00",
which is just northwest of Bowling Green, Kentucky.
Google Map:
No audio available as Memphis Center is down. Interesting graphic though.
